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Fig. 5. Photograph of the stomach contents of a western meadowlark 

 taken at Eed Bluff, Tehama County, California, February 4, 1911. Stom- 

 ach contained 66 cutworms, 18 small ground beetles, 2 beetle larvae, 2 

 small spiders, and 18 weed seeds. 



Fig. 6. Photograph of western meadowlark killed while carrying cut- 

 worms in its bill. 



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